Holy Scripture
4 Maccabees 15:2
Source: Septuagint
Original
2The mother, when two things were set before her, religion and the safety of her seven sons for a time, on the conditional promise of a tyrant,
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In context
1O reasoning of the sons, lord over the passions, and religion more desirable to a mother than progeny!
— 4 Maccabees 15:2 —
3rather elected the religion which according to God preserves to eternal life.
4O in what way can I describe ethically the affections of parents toward their children, the resemblance of soul and of form engrafted into the small type of a child in a wonderful manner, especially through the greater sympathy of mothers with the feelings of those born of them!